Comments on: The Red Sox have begun contract talks with David Ortiz http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/20/the-red-sox-have-begun-contract-talks-with-david-ortiz/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 19 May 2013 02:05:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: sidelineshot http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/20/the-red-sox-have-begun-contract-talks-with-david-ortiz/comment-page-1/#comment-387048 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:52:18 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=242250#comment-387048 Get it done at 25 mil for 2 years.
Lots of below-average players get more than that !!!

]]> By: willclarkgameface http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/20/the-red-sox-have-begun-contract-talks-with-david-ortiz/comment-page-1/#comment-387032 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:13:42 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=242250#comment-387032 Ortiz apparently didn’t get the memo that the DH “position” has changed and absolutely NO ONE uses it how they did a decade ago when he started to plant himself on the bench until he had to hit every night.

Even the idiots in the Red Sox front office know this and will not have to pay him anything close to what he is asking.

MLB needs to get rid of the DH altogether, especially now with how many interleague games we will have to sit through from now on.

]]> By: 18thstreet http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/20/the-red-sox-have-begun-contract-talks-with-david-ortiz/comment-page-1/#comment-387000 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:50:19 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=242250#comment-387000 And you’re reading about them because … why, exactly?

I’m not kidding here. Why do you care?

]]> By: prosourcetalk http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/20/the-red-sox-have-begun-contract-talks-with-david-ortiz/comment-page-1/#comment-386966 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:20:33 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=242250#comment-386966 This must be part of the “myriad changes” Lucchino was talking about.

]]> By: husky2score http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/20/the-red-sox-have-begun-contract-talks-with-david-ortiz/comment-page-1/#comment-386941 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:44:53 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=242250#comment-386941 They were probably turned down as soon as you posted this article.

]]> By: kiwicricket http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/20/the-red-sox-have-begun-contract-talks-with-david-ortiz/comment-page-1/#comment-386938 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:39:11 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=242250#comment-386938 If the daily saga of the Red Sox is cringe worthy, contract negotiations between these two are border-line nauseating.

]]> By: Glenn http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/20/the-red-sox-have-begun-contract-talks-with-david-ortiz/comment-page-1/#comment-386931 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:25:46 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=242250#comment-386931 He gets nothing even close to 2 years/$25-30 million on the open market.

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